@lzolty: "I've been considering buying an e-reader and would love to know if anyone 
has one and can give me a heads up on which might be better.
I've been reading reviews and they all seem very similar.   I'm only 
interested in downloading books and reading them.   Don't need a lot of 
storage because the kinds of books I'm thinking of aren't classics that need 
to be kept forever for rereading or studying;  just the kind of books that 
can be deleted immediately upon finishing the last page..   I looked at 
Sony, Kindle, Barnes & Nobel's Nook?  Pricewise they're all similar as well 
so that doesn't help a lot.
Help!!!!
Lucille "
    @cherylisaak: "<quote>
A co-worker has a Kindle and LOVES it. She got it after she had been injured
in car accident and couldn't hold much of anything and she loves to read.
The Kindle was light enough she could hold it and not have any issues.
Cheryl"
    @lucretiaborgia: "On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:15:24 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
<quote>
I know that at least one of them you can switch over to sound so that
it continues reading to you !  I would like that, a bedtime story !"
    @lzolty: "<email_address> wrote in message 
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They all do that but the claim is that the Kindel sounds robotic and the 
other a little garbled. "
    @lucretiaborgia: "On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:14:19 -0500, "Lucille" <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
OK, stick with my mp3 and podcasts then, at least that is humanoid.  I
know someone with a Sony and she loves it, she said she doesn't find
it tiring to read etc.  "
    @lzolty: "<email_address> wrote in message 
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I think the Kindle and the Sony have MP3 as well.   I'm not sure because 
that wasn't important to me.
I might just wait till after the holidays are over and then go and see each 
one to make a proper comparison. "
    @lucretiaborgia: "On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:00:18 -0500, "Lucille" <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
I enjoy listening to newscasts and other radio programmes from all
over the world, so use my mp3 for that.  It goes in a dock so I don't
have to listen via headphones. 
That would seem an excellent idea, by the end of January you will pay
far less!   I love late January/early February, wonderful sales on
things that cost two and three times as much before Xmas. "
    @fran1234: "Unfortunately, the Kindle doesn't go on sale :(
I've been watching, and have never seen it below $250. 
<quote>"
    @lzolty: ""Fran" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Maybe the Sony will to down.  Probably not, but it's worth the wait for me. "
    @gillmurray1: "<quote>
I gave Jim one for his birthday, the Kindle2, as soon as it came out. I 
therefore forwarded your post to him. He is very happy with it. Below is 
his reply
"My only comment is.....the Kindle has been around much longer than the 
others and has learned a lot from past problems. They seem to really 
have their act together. The other readers are new-comers riding on the 
coat tails of Kindle's success. The others may well be better, but I 
only know what I read."
Also this interesting link.
<url>
Gill"
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